basketball task

Chapter 165 Losing by 38 points

In the second quarter of the game, Channing and Anthony started a one-on-one duel. In the first round, Channing broke through Anthony and hit the iron under Camby's supplementary defense. In the second round, Anthony continued his fiery touch and greeted him. With Channing's blindfolding method, he made a mid-range shot. In the third round, Channing wisely chose the pick-and-roll, taking advantage of Camby's slow footsteps, and hit an open shot.

"Cunning guy, if you are capable of one-on-one!"

Shouting to Channing, Anthony caught the ball and continued to single-handedly. He was feeling hot right now. Even if the king of heaven came, Melon was unwilling to hand over the ball.

This time, Channing's defense suddenly changed.

Taking a step forward and lowering his center of gravity, Channing put his chest on Anthony's abdomen, raised and lowered his hands, guarding against Anthony's pull, and was always ready to interfere with the opponent's dribble.

"Tighten the defense, do you think the space given to me was too much last time?"

Although Iguodala's tight defense had already been encountered in the first quarter, Melon still felt that Channing's defense was completely different.

Taller, more powerful, Anthony is very uncomfortable on the top, coupled with a pair of super long wingspan, constantly waving at the accurate landing point of the ball, Anthony felt unprecedented defensive pressure.

"This defensive player is so aggressive and can't stand firm at all. No wonder James praises him so much. It's really amazing!"

Under Channing's close pressure, Anthony couldn't make a fallback jumper as easily as he did in the round just now. He could only dribble and retreat at the same time. After opening a certain space, Anthony quickly broke through with the ball.

"It's impossible to shoot. Under this kind of defensive pressure, you can't shoot for a lifetime. You can only break through."

Melon's dribbling and breakthrough power is very strong, but facing Channing, who was born as a power forward, he is just half-hearted, and when he breaks through, Anthony's weakness of slower speed is clearly revealed.

Therefore, although Anthony held the ball and pushed Channing to the free-throw line, Channing was always sticking tightly, without losing his defensive position at all, and forced Melon to make a dribble error.

The ball is out, Philadelphia's right to the ball!

"What a strong defense, is this your true strength? You really deserve to be the strongest rookie this year!"

It was only then that Anthony realized how terrifying Channing was. Compared with Channing, he was far behind in terms of height, wingspan, strength, speed, jumping and explosive power. It was the first time in his career that he faced such a powerful opponent. Start pounding.

"It's horrible, it's hard to break his defense, and I'm going to pick and roll next round."

Before he knew it, Anthony had already started to retreat.

And Channing sneered at Anthony:
"I don't dare to fight anymore, you're too cowardly, with your spirit, how can you be worthy of Chaoju?"

With such a provocative mouth, when it was Philadelphia's turn to attack, Channing was still very self-aware and continued to play pick-and-rolls.

This is called a golf quotient. Choosing the attack method that is most beneficial to him is Channing's consistent playing style.

This time Camby knew he was going to make up the defense, but his legs were too slow. Channing deliberately slowed down his shooting after the pick-and-roll, and it really attracted Camby to rush forward with big strides.

"Lead the snake out of its hole!"

Before Camby could get in place, he only heard the whistling wind in his ears. Channing accelerated his dribble and rushed into the penalty area in one step.

"Hey, what's the matter, I haven't come out yet, why did you go in again? Are you playing with me?"

Camby just turned his head and hadn't completely stopped the car, but he could only see the back of Channing soaring into the air.

"Clang!"

Another violent dunk!
Channing raised his score to 17 points and also helped the team get the point difference back to within 10 points.

"It's really not my fault!"

Camby turned his head to look at Anthony, and spread his hands helplessly. In the penalty area, Camby was confident to defend against most opponents, but once he came out and moved to fight, he was a wooden stake.

"This guy is disgusting! Leave him alone, just do the pick-and-roll for me."

With a wave of Anthony's hand, the Nuggets continued their style of play, attacking with all their strength and watching the sky on defense.

After Camby blocked Channing, Anthony followed suit and forcibly rushed inside. Although Smith never lost his defensive position, his body was still too thin. He could not stand firmly after being rushed by Melon, so he could only escort the opponent all the way. Layup.

The game turned into a confrontation between Anthony and Channing. Both sides chose the pick-and-roll offensive method. The Nuggets completely gave up defense, and Philadelphia had more than enough energy. Immediately, the second quarter ended, and the point difference was still 11 points. , Philadelphia trailed.

"The first half of the game between the Nuggets and the Philadelphia team turned into a confrontation. The stars of both sides performed very well tonight. Anthony made 16 of 9 shots and scored 22 points. Channing also scored 24 points. It is worth watching. What is mentioned is that he only took 15 shots, so the scoring efficiency is really very high, which also shows that the defensive level of the two teams is very average."

Evra made a brief comment on the game.

The second half of the game was still a confrontational battle. Facing the Nuggets' empty defense, Channing continued to kill, and after the pick-and-roll, he flew up. The Nuggets were no longer Anthony's personal scoring show. Iverson and JR Smith joined in, taking turns bullying Lou Williams and Korver.

Soon, the whole game ended, and the Philadelphia team lost to the Nuggets by as much as 16 points. Although Channing unstoppably scored 38 points again, the rest of the Philadelphia team performed very averagely, except Iguodala's 15 points In addition, no one scored in double figures, and the Nuggets can be said to be full of flowers, Anthony 35 points, Iverson 28 points, JR Smith also scored 23 points, Camby scored 10 points and 12 rebounds. There were still 4 blocked shots, but this guy still couldn't forget Channing until the end of the game. He always wanted to find a chance to block Channing, but he never got what he wanted.

After the game, when the players from both sides shook hands, the attitudes of Iverson and Anthony towards Channing changed a lot from before the game. Anthony was very happy to score and was convinced of Channing’s ability. Iverson and Anthony Channing gave a simple hug and recognized Channing's ability to replace Iguodala. Although tit for tat during the game, the atmosphere after the game was unusually friendly and harmonious.

Although he lost the game, Coach Cheeks did not express anything after the game. The strength of the two teams is very different, and the loss is a natural thing. Now in front of Cheeks, there are two more important things. The most important thing is to try to facilitate the transaction and clean up the players, and the other is to select a new head coach as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)